Improvement in eaves-trough hangers



. L. SMITH. Eaves-Trough Hanger.

No. 218,075. Patented July 29,1879.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIoE LAFAYETTE SMITH, OF MILLERSBURG, INDIANA.

IMPROVEMENT IN EAVES-TROUGH HANGERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 218,075, dated July 29,1879; application filed May 14, 1879.

To all M l /CW it may concern:

Be it known that I, LAFAYETTE SMITH, of Millersburg, in the county ofElkhart and State of Indiana, have invented a new and ImprovedEaves-Trough Hanger, of which the following is a specification.

Figure 1 is a vertical cross-sectional elevation of the trough andhanger. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The object of this invention is to furnish a more simple, cheap, anddurable hanger for attachment of troughs to or under the eaves of housesthan those commonly in use.

Ais a hat sheet-metal bar, from which depends the perpendicular bar orrod 13, whose lower end embraces the round or flat cross-bar O, that isset horizontally across the trough D and firmly secured thereto withsolder, or in any other suitable manner.

' All the flat bars may be strengthened by having their edges foldedover as shown, or by having them Wired in the well-known man- 1161.

The bar A is provided in its lower end with a central slot, to, upthrough which pass the ends of the sheet-metal strip 1), of which thebar B mainly consists. This strip is bent centrally around the crossbarO. The parts are then brought together, so that the sleeve 0 may be setover them, and then the free ends of the strip are passed, as beforestated, up through the slot in A, and turned over in opposite directionsupon and around the said bar A, so as to make a strong connectiontherewith. The upper end of the sleeve 0 is cut off at an angle tocorrespond with the slope of the roof of the building to which thetrough is to be attached, so that as the lower end of the bar A is helddown by the strip 1) against this sloping end, it is evident thattheslope of A will conform with the slope of the roof and the trough hangperpendicularly from it; or, instead of cutting ott' the upper end ofthe sleeve 0 at an angle to correspond with the slope of the roof, inorder to make the trough hang properly, both ends of the sleeve may beleft square or parallel with each other, and the bar A be bent justabove where it connects with B to such a degree that when A is fastenedto the roof B will be in a perpendicular position.

The hanger is attached to a roof by nails through the bar A, or byclamps or other devices set along its edges. It is easily and cheaplyconstructed, and can be applied to roots of any character.

I am aware that the hanger-bars are not severally new or in combinationwhen taken broadly but only in their peculiar arrangement and connectionwith the sleeve 0 hence What I claim is- The sleeve 0, in combinationwith the slotted bar Aa, the horizontal bar 0, fixed across the troughD, and the intermediate bar, B, provided with a strip, 1), embracing thecrossbar with its lower end, and, after passing through slot a,embracing with its upper end the bar A, as shown and described.

LAFAYETTE SMITH.

Witnesses:

J. W. REX, O. F. KING.

